Alright after a few days here is another try.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/80097267@N06/16167417724/
I also been trying to get the same on my last tone board I cut. so here it is a hedge tone board. vs Stumps acrylic tone board. maybe I shouldn't go back and forth with the two calls but just want to get the same results on my TB to see where I am at with my call making.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/80097267@N06/16602209878/in/photostream/
Thank again Stump and Wade!!!
Im not really hearing any gating yet (or what Stump calls throat burst) and the note still seem to end with an upward swing in pitch. The pitch seems high and not very raspy, but that could be the recording, the call, or the caller. So its sort of hard to say there.
I think you might find it helpful to focus on one long slow quack, instead of a bunch of short fast ones. The quacks are so short and fast you dont have time to correct anything (at least midnote to bring the pitch down and add rasp). Figuring out the techniques comes from time working at it, and the longer your notes and slower they are, the more time you have to work on things and better chance you body has to adapt, and start creating a new muscle memory. Fast notes seem to me, to just continue to reinforce what ever it is youre doing now and not allow you to adapt and change.
Also, when working on technique... I would either stick with one call that you know can do the sounds youre after, or make darn sure that the other calls your floating around between, can make the same quality notes. I have seen many people, including myself, get completely frustrated when trying to learn, because they just cant get the "sound on the record" - only to find out years later... it wasnt them, it was the call... the call just wasnt capable. So be aware of that.
I am still a HUGE proponent of getting the Pro Duck Calling DVD and a Volochoke from Carlson Championship Calls, and work on the video with that call. Then you know you are comparing apples to apples... just a different apple eater :P
Okay, gotta get back to the asylum before they notice Im missing... been a mad house around here for a couple four weeks now. Whew.
Wade